Another aspect of floods in Assam: Men go out to earn in other states leaving women alone

Assam Floods News: “Will we get our house standing in our place when we ever come back? In what condition will the land be?” Everyday the questions of her husband keep echoing in Lakhisakhi Bara’s ears. Such questions that have no answer to him. The 52 -year -old Lakhiski’s family became homeless in the 2023 severe floods in Assam. After this, the male member of the family moved to Chennai to earn a living, while Lakhiski came to the neighboring district of Dhemaji with his daughter-in-law. It became difficult to run a house-both Lakhiski are among the hundreds of women whose male members of the family have gone to other states to earn a livelihood leaving them alone at home due to the loss of livelihood due to climate change. Lakhisakhi said to ‘PTI-language’, “We used to work in the fields, but (due to the effects of climate change), there is a cloud of uncertainty on farming. The work of a daily wage laborer is not available regularly. It was difficult to run a house regularly. As a result, it became difficult to run a house. Can support each other. ” Lakhisakhi said, “Whenever my husband calls, we ask the same question whether our land will be safer for farming in future. What will happen if it is completely swept away? This is our only property.” Dhemaji is one of the 250 most backward districts in the country. It is highly sensitive to floods. According to official estimate, more than 23 lakh people in 28 districts of Assam have been affected by floods. This river often causes floods in the state- Lakhisakhi Brahmaputra river originates from the Tibetan plateau and is found in the Bay of Bengal flowing in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. This river often causes floods in the state. During the visit of Lakhisakhi’s village, the media of ‘PTI-language’ barely saw a man of working age. Most of the remaining men there were either elderly or children. Rupa Barua, 32, lives in ‘Chang Ghar’ (temporary house made of bamboo) with her two years old and six years old, while her pucca house built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is deserted. Rupa’s husband works in a rubber factory in Bengaluru and has not come to Assam for the last two years. Pucca House is in a far-flung place in the village-Rupa Rupa said to ‘PTI-Bhasha’, “Pucca house is in a remote place in the village. If it is submerged in flood water, I cannot get out of the children alone. So I live here in a ‘Chang Ghar’ with more women. If my children fall ill, it is easy to take help here.” He said, “My husband sends money. He asks if we will ever be able to live in our house. Children miss their father, but when there is no source of income here, what can we do? If we migrate, it will be very expensive to live there and we can lose our house forever.” Bokul, age -old Bokul returned to Dhemji four months ago after losing his hand in an accident in a factory in Kerala. Now he lives with the women of the family. Most men go out to earn livelihood to earn a 26-year-old Bokul, “Most men have left the village to earn a livelihood and turn to other states. Most men living here are either elderly or Divyangs, who cannot go out to earn. I help my wife and my brother’s wife, who wants to have any other way, but there is no other way, but there is no other way, but there is no other way, but there is no other way. The responsibility of repairing or reconstructing the houses affected by the natural disaster, collecting girl, fishing and taking care of children and cattle comes completely on women due to men going to other states for earning. Some women also work like sewing and weaving for household expenses. Also read – 32 airports opened after ceasefire, were closed amid tension from Pakistan

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